(a division
of Lanthus Corporation)

"Before NASA sets foot on another planet, it will be simulated a hundred times"

[science-hypercubed adventure, PG/13]
Michelle-Keela Thomaine (13) is an 8th grade girl who loves StarTrails
[Professors' Spring Break]
movies, magazines, TV episodes, internet news-groups, chats, web-sites -- and:
she's won the StarTrails Summer-Fun Contest to ride with the regular astronauts,
six weeks at NASA's DSSTF Deep-Space Simulator Training Facility -- and:
she's out-qualified NASA's own captain to ride first-chair -- and:
It looks all too real for a virtual simulation!
They launch a full-scale mission from Earth, passing the moon, Mars, Jupiter,
dropping space probes along the way for deep-space rendezvous with Pluto ...
until she learns the real purpose for the mission, to find a newly discovered
near-Solar-system object, and must cope with the consequences of trying her best
among whatever planets, gravity singularities, space clouds, are way-out there.

The concept is that StarTrails is both the reality of her favorite science-fiction story,
and, NASA's next big push for the edge.

[REL: Mi-Kee's dad Gary, was her older brother in the third of the trilogy
(Fling:scene#17)]

The Game itself is a seven-player
simulator-trainor for tomorrows' deep-space astronauts, to help NASA look ahead:
In the 1960's America went to the moon, and developed nuclear-powered space engines
with the thrust equivalent of the Space Shuttle's main-three running non-stop,
for going to Mars and beyond: Now it's time to return to immanent domain, power, and glory.

[Music specified in this screenwrite is the Strategic-Director's selection]

Scene 19

'credits'

MELD WITH

19

EXT - NASA PARKING LOT EXIT - LATE EVENING SUNSET

SUPERIMPOSE: CREDITS ROLL:

Professors' Spring Fling Mi-Kee

Mi-Kee Thomaine

Professors' Spring Fling Gwen

Mom, Thomaine (nee Anderson)

Professors' Spring Fling Gary

Dad, Thomaine

[VID:Grandma] Anderson

[Kara] Shelton

[Gary] Forthmore

[Susan] Ridgeway

Administrator Mr. Oglethorp

Second Captain Storer

Weapons Officer

Science Officer

Navigator Guy

Helm

Communicator

Engineer Chad

Child Psychologist Faisey

Steve (second crew)

Crewman (swimmer)

Second Crew #1,2,3

Boarding Agent

Stewardess

50 air Passenger(s)

Newsboy

Mr. Hanson

Mrs. Pener

Mr. Kyle

Encounter Director

NASA Technician Ron

NASA Lecturer

NASA Double-Tech

NASA Technician(s)

Neorth Central Guidance

LT CMDR Elle Yachovech

Superjet Pilot(s) #1,2

DVDJ Hyper-dot-Tom

NASA helicopter pilot(s) #1,2

[NARRATOR-REPORTER] (VO)

And, NASA, today, is again discussing advancing clocks by occasional leap-hesits,
sooner, instead of traditionally June 30th or December 31st.
But if you're not launching rockets to Mars,
and the clock on your kitchen wall is not set to the Boulder,
Colorado, atomic-clock web-sites, well, then, this may not seem so important
to you: But government time-keepers are always concerned!

The theory of measurement propounded in this work is not to be cited
(as) considering contraband or corpses; Nor are the intellectual appurtenances
hereïn to be used for or in the commission of crimes against persons, peoples,
properties, or powers (States).